News
08/June/2008
Good News! Our main server (TheRift) has been fixed. Our service provider located the fault to the PSU which has now been replaced.
The network has been decentralised somemore so should TheRift have any more issues in the future it won't take much with it when it goes down. Some backup / new facilities have been brought online, including:
1) Additional Nameservers - Meaning should TheRift go down anything ViSiON-iRC.net based (Such as this website, roundrobin etc) will still be resolvable.
2) A New Hub - The networks hub (allows all the various servers to see each other) has been moved to a different server, therift.vision-irc.net is staying but is just a regular server like Hiro / Sylar now. The new hub is called tardis.vision-irc.net and is located in the same datacentre but a different server than TheRift, feel free to connect via it.
3) Online Monitor - If you look to the right we've setup a monitor which shows which servers are on and offline.
We recommend that you bookmark this site for future reference, should the network ever go down this is where we'll get a message to you all. We'd also recommend you make a note of each of the irc servers ip's, there are:
therift.vision-irc.net - 84.16.240.156
hiro.vision-irc.net - 67.159.24.183
sylar.vision-irc.net - 202.49.187.38
tardis.vision-irc.net - 78.159.98.212
It's always best to connect to the server nearest to your geographical location, but to always have a complete list of all servers on the network should 1 or more go down. To see where our servers our hosted click on the servers tab above.
Until Next Time
- The ViSiON-iRC Network Staff
About
The Place You Call Home
ViSiON-iRC was started when a little place called Forever-IRC disapeared.This was because Ninja-Cinders & T0kra (you remember them) decided that
IRC wasn't for them anymore.
After much discussion between the remaining network staff and a few regular users,
it was decided that a new network should be created and FriedCPU should be the
Network Admin (who suggested that?) because he knew how to setup iRCDS (it was rumoured).
Seeing as t0kra had given us quite abit of notice we had some time to
get the network operational and fully tested before we let you lot wreck it.
So around the 30th of March 2007 (not totally sure, CHerron correct me on this)
ViSiON-iRC was born! :)
Servers
You Can Connect To
| Name | Provider | Ports | Location |
| TheRift | FriedCPU | 6667, +6697 | Coburg, Germany |
| Hiro | LuSTRaRe | 6667, +6697 | Chicago, USA |
| Sylar | Daniel_Jackson | 6667, +6697 | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Tardis | Daniel_Jackson | 6667, +6697 | Coburg, Germany |
Note: All servers are capable of accepting SSL connections (thats port +6697) ;)
If you would like to host a server for us, then please Contact Us
Channels
Places to Visit on Your Travels
To get a full list of the networks channels type /list. As you can see, I didn't mention
all of the channels (mostly because I'm lazy).
If you want your channel adding to the list contact FriedCPU or CHerron and we may look kindly upon your request (doubt it though).
#ViSiON-iRC - Official Chat & Help Channel
Go here if you need any network related help. Unfortunately, chat is a rare object
in this channel, and you would have trouble finding it if you were hunting.
#DigiTelly - Tellying Your Brains Out
Being the channel-to-go if you're into TV. You can park your fserver here and share with the rest of the community. Silent leeching will be punished ... severely ... and in a messy, bloody and cruel way ... also we got an arab, that we'll send after you!
#Discovery - To Discover Our Far Away Neighbours
You compete with others each week to see who can come up with the most interesting discovery that week. Other people volunteer to judge the discoveries and determine
who has the best one.
#GameSpot - The Game Channel
Unofficially, this is the most popular channel on the network. However, nobody apparently knows that because only a few people populate it. It obviously deals with games.
#MuSiC - For all your UK top 40 singles, Artist and Compilation albums and much more
For those Chris Moyles wanna be's out there, Wizzard93 invites you to share MP3s and get updated UK single and album Charts.
#SpoilTV - You Guessed It, This Room is For Spoilers. You Have Been Warned!
This channel does just what it says - spoil...tv shows that is. Come into it to get a good
dose of tv spoilage. Have all the secrets revealed to you!
#TV-Encodes - Your first stop for the latest TV episode releases!
Home to the encode, leecher and alike, this channel hosts all kinds of delicious television programs. Simply leeching episodes here will get you killed quicker than eating a fat kid's last donut.
www.TV-IRC.net
#wurzelgnom - German Chat Channel
We don't go here it's full of funny speaking foreigners. Far as we can tell they're planning to take over the network and then the world. Don't they ever learn!
Staff
The Ones That You Call God
ViSiON-iRC has a range of people for its staff, ranging in age and er ... race.| Name | Age | Location | Title | Race |
| FriedCPU | 21 | Midlands, UK | 1st Network Admin | Southerner |
| CHerron | 25 | Liverpool, UK | 2nd Network Admin | Liverpudlian |
| Daniel_Jackson | 34 | Dunedin, NZ | Services Admin | Ancient |
| LuSTRaRe | 27 | Croydon, UK | Server Admin | Londoner |
| Wizzard93 | 38 | Liverpool, UK | Global IRCop | Liverpudlian |
| Steve_The_Wraith | 22 | Springfield, USA | Global IRCop | Wraith |
Donations
Money Makes The World Go Round
ViSiON-iRC is a private network and is kept running by donations from its members.
These donations, no matter how big or small, all go towards paying for the running of the server and the bandwidth it uses.
So what do the donations go towards getting?
Besides running the infrasrtucture of the network it also provides the bots in the channels.
Different Channel owners use these but for different things but predominantly they are seen serving files to channel members at higher speeds than can be found on fservs(these are user that serve) in those channels.
If you would like to make a donation to the network then we use paypal. Just send your donation to donate@vision-irc.net
We don't ask for you to send a great deal- just what you could afford. A small amount like 5 or 10 euros a month (or the equivalent in your local currency) is more than enough should everyone donate.
If you have any questions about donations then please speak to any of the network staff.
Contact
*Wah* I got a:killed!
So you want to contact us aye? The best way is via iRC, as the staff rarely read their emailHere are the people you should contact and what about
FriedCPU
Anything at all, including server applicationsCHerron
Channel problems, network problems, any other sort of problemsAny of the other staff
You can try and contact them about anything, but they will probably passyou onto one of the above people
If you have been banned from the network and thus cannot contact one of the staff via iRC then please email dispute@vision-irc.net outlining the circumstances you got akilled and why you think it was wrong.